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Sports suit inspired by squids
Imagine a material that can change its thermal properties to suit the comfort of the wearer? Well that is what some engineers in California have been working towards using inspiration from nature, and specifically the skin of squid. These sea creatures can change colour by manipulating the shape of special cells in their skin and its hoped new fabrics will be able to do the same. Professor Alon Gorodetsky from the University of California Irvine is behind the research.
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Squid-inspired packaging keeps contents not too hot, not too cold, but just right
Inspired by the way squid skin changes color, researchers have made a temperature-regulating material for coffee cups, takeout containers, grocery delivery bags, and shipping boxes. … “There is an enormous array of applications for this material,” said University of California, Irvine chemical and biomolecular engineering [associate] professor Alon Gorodetsky …. Read More
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Spring 2015
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Status Update: Raising Canes, Grocery Outlet raise money for the needy
The Advanced Casting Research Center has relocated to UC Irvine, effective July 1, moving from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Diran Apelian, ACRC’s founding director, was recently appointed as distinguished professor at UCI’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He retired earlier this summer from his position as Alcoa-Howmet professor of mechanical engineering at WPI after 30 years.
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Samueli School Monument
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Southern California coastal towns are losing valuable sand, putting some beaches at risk
If solutions aren’t swift, the Southern California coast — and the economy it supports — will surely suffer. “If we have no sand, it’s like a car and we’ve taken the engine out of it,” said UC Irvine civil engineering professor Brett Sanders, a leading expert on coastal erosion. … UCI grad student Daniel Kahl recently analyzed satellite imagery — a project possible with a
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Session 3: Nano/Micro Technologies for Cancer
SESSION III. NANO / MICRO TECHNOLOGIES FOR CANCER
Introduction - Session Chair
Nancy Allbritton, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry; Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science
School of Medicine and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine
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Specialist - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
$51,300-181,800Will remain open until filledPOSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Irvine anticipates openings for appointments in the Specialist Series. Please visit the website below for information on some of the research areas and faculty members who may sponsor the appointments:
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Scientist And Innovator Dr. Michelle Khine: 'Growing Up, Nobody Thought I Was Smart'
So what does it take to be a female STEM leader? Dr Michelle Khine, biomedical engineering professor at the University of California, Irvine, and scientific co-founder of stem cell biotechnology company Novoheart, offers her insights.
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Stacey Nicholas Gifts $5M to UCI STEM Program
University of California, Irvine Foundation trustee Stacey Nicholas has gifted $5 million to a diversity program in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. The donation will rename the school’s Office of Access and Inclusion to the Stacey Nicholas Office of Outreach, Access and Inclusion. Nicholas’ donation will also create the Women in Engineering Program, which will support women pursuing the field with leadership training and professional development mentorship. Read More
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Social Media
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Sandra Tsing Loh recommends watching in PJs with wine
In 2005 Sandra Tsing Loh reconnected with the institute when Caltech and KPCC created a podcast for Loh to host “The Loh Down on Science.” The show is co-produced by LDOS Media Lab, Inc. and SCPR (Southern California Public Radio), in association with the University of California, Irvine Science Communications. The actual content is researched, written and edited by students from the UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences and School of Engineering. The 90-second show … is broadcast five times a week to over 4 million listeners on 150 public radio stations ….
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Science Week Outreach
Local high school students enjoying Science Week in summer 2008. Science Week is an outreach program conducted by Assistant Professors Ali Mohraz, Ph.D., and Young Jik Kwon, Ph.D., that brought students from local high schools to UC Irvine for a week of fun laboratory experiments.
From left to right:
Ali Mohraz, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UC Irvine
Matthew Fay, Corona Del Mar High School
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Startups & Innovations – Funding
Cellecho Inc., an Irvine biotech company, is seeking funding for its cell therapy technology that aims to make immunotherapy more accessible and safer for cancer patients. … Cellecho’s alternative is a microchip-based technology that reprograms cells. Its treatment can be manufactured in one day, versus the two weeks it takes to develop the standard cell therapy drug.
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Sungkyunkwan University
South KoreaJong Tae Kim, Ph.D.Dong-Ryeol Shin, Ph.D.Memorandum of Understanding signed on February 2nd, 2013.